Abstract

STUDIES on potassium perchlorate/polystyrene (KP/PS)
propellant systems have been carried out by using such
techniques as thermogravimetry (TG), differential thermal
analysis (DTA), and mass spectrometry (MS). It has been
found that the thermal decomposition (TD) behavior of the
KP/PS propellant is similar to that of the AP/PS propellant
studied earlier.! It has also been observed that the TD of KP
in the melt has a correlation with the burning rate (r) of
KP/PS propellant at atmospheric pressure.